Jeffery D. Kocsis, PhD
Professor
Director of Postdoctoral Studies

Affiliations

Professor of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Associate Director, Yale Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research
Senior Medical Research Career Scientist, Department of Veterans Affairs

Education

Ph.B., Wayne State University, Monteith College 1967
Ph.D., Wayne State University, School of Medicine 1970
Postdoctoral Training, Harvard Medical School and MIT 1977
MA. (Hon.), Yale University 1986

Research Interests

Transplantation-based approaches toward restoration and preservation of function in the injured central nervous system

Selected Publications

Onda T, Honmou O, Harada K, Houkin K, Hamada H, Kocsis JD. Therapeutic benefits by human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and Ang-1 gene-modified hMSCs after cerebral ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2008 Feb; 28(2):329-40.

Kocsis JD, Waxman SG.  Schwann cells and their precursors for repair of central nervous system myelin. Brain. 2007 Aug; 130(Pt 8):1978-80.

Radtke C, Spies M, Sasaki M, Vogt PM, Kocsis JD. Demyelinating diseases and potential repair strategies. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2007 May; 25(3):149-53.

Ukai R, Honmou O, Harada K, Houkin K, Hamada H, Kocsis JD.  Mesenchymal stem cells derived from peripheral blood protects against ischemia. J Neurotrauma. 2007 Mar; 24(3):508-20.

Harada K, Honmou O, Liu H, Bando M, Houkin K, Kocsis JD. Magnetic resonance lactate and lipid signals in rat brain after middle cerebral artery occlusion model. Brain Res. 2007 Feb; 1134(1):206-13.

Dombrowski MA, Sasaki M, Lankford KL, Kocsis JD, Radtke C.  Myelination and nodal formation of regenerated peripheral nerve fibers following transplantation of acutely prepared olfactory ensheathing cells. Brain Res. 2006 Dec; 1125(1):1-8.

Kim S, Honmou O, Kato K, Nonaka T, Houkin K, Hamada H, Kocsis JD. Neural differentiation potential of peripheral blood- and bone-marrow-derived precursor cells. Brain Res. 2006 Dec 6; 1123(1):27-33.

Akiyama Y, Lankford K, Radtke C, Greer CA, Kocsis JD.  Remyelination of spinal cord axons by olfactory ensheathing cells and Schwann cells derived from a transgenic rat expressing alkaline phosphatase marker gene.  Neuron Glia Biol. 2004 Feb; 1(1):47-55.

Sasaki M, Black JA, Lankford KL, Tokuno HA, Waxman SG, Kocsis JD.  Molecular reconstruction of nodes of Ranvier after remyelination by transplanted olfactory ensheathing cells in the demyelinated spinal cord.  J Neurosci. 2006 Feb 8; 26(6):1803-12.

Sasaki M, Hains BC, Lankford KL, Waxman SG, Kocsis JD.  Protection of corticospinal tract neurons after dorsal spinal cord transection and engraftment of olfactory ensheathing cells.  Glia. 2006 Mar; 53(4):352-9.

Radtke C, Akiyama Y, Lankford KL, Vogt PM, Krause DS, Kocsis JD.  Integration of engrafted Schwann cells into injured peripheral nerve: axonal association and nodal formation on regenerated axons. Neurosci Lett. 2005 Oct 21; 387(2):85-9.

Nomura T, Honmou O, Harada K, Houkin K, Hamada H, Kocsis JD. I.V. infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene-modified human mesenchymal stem cells protects against injury in a cerebral ischemia model in adult rat.  Neuroscience. 2005; 136 (1):161-9. Epub 2005 Oct 17.

Sasaki M, Lankford KL, Zemedkun M, Kocsis JD. Identified olfactory ensheathing cells transplanted into the transected dorsal funiculus bridge the lesion and form myelin. J Neurosci. 2004 Sep 29; 24(39):8485-93.

For a more complete list of Dr. Kocsis ’s publications, please see PubMed